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INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

KINA - studier av bokultur i nye og gamle boligområder i kinesiske byer.

I den rivende byutvikling som skjer i Kina disse år er det ønskelig å finne elementer som kan bidra til en kulturell kontinuitet og til en ressurs- og miljøvennlig utvikling. En har valgt å ta utgangspunkt i bokultur - i eksisterende, historiske bymiljøer og i nye boligområder. Prosjektet er et...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Signaling Mechanisms of Bioactive Polysaccharides from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicinal plants have been used for centuries, and, increasingly, clinical trials have demonstrated their efficacy against a wide range of pathologies. However, there is still an urgent need to understand how Chinese medicine works in order to make full use of this important, ...

Awarded: NOK 90,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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China - Bilateral cooperation in waste management

Narvik University College (NUC) has since 1996 developed a broad cooperation with China. To day we have a formal cooperation between our institution and two universities in China. The main institution for cooperation is Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (BIPT). There is also a coopera...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

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China - Initiation of a cooperative project on impacts of climate change on water resources on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

The Qinghai Tibetan Plateau has received much attention internationally related to effects on and from climate change. This high elevation, semi-arid plateau in northwestern China is headwaters for the three great rivers of southeast Asia, the Yangtze (Ch angjiang), Yellow (Huanghe) and Mekong (...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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China - bilateral cooperation in comparative linguistics and second language acquisition

Prosjektet som det blir søkt om støtte for å etablere, er eit samarbeidsprosjekt innanfor komparativ lingvistikk og andrespråktileigning, nærmare bestemt komparativ analyse av norsk og (mandarin-)kinesisk språkstruktur, samt utforsking av korleis kinesara r tileignar seg norsk som andrespråk, og ...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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China - bilateral cooperation within biogas from sewage sludge for renewable energy production

A concrete project plan is currently under development for establishment of a project with the working title "Biogas from sewage sludge for renewable energy production in China". The main objective of the main project is to increase production and applica tion of renewable energy from waste in Ch...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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China- Micro energy technology for Microsystems as joint doctor student projects

Starting from 2005, IMST at HVE has built bilateral cooperation with MEMS center at Xiamen Unievrsity. In Sept 26 2006, two University have signed a University cooperation agreement (See attached HVE-XMU.pdf). As the first project, we are planning a jo int Ph.D. education program. Three Ph.D. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Vestfold

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China-bilateral cooperation in drug-herb interactions and immune mechanisms in psoriasis.

China-bilateral cooperation in drug-herb interactions and immune mechanisms in psoriasis. Prosjektet er rettet mot to samarbeidsgrupperinger ved "China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences" i Beijing: "Institute of Chinese Materia Medica" og "Guang An Men Hospital". Formålet med "drug-herb inte...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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USA - Developing alternative non-lethal tools for predator management.

We will build a network between American and Norwegian large predator researchers in two phases. First, Norwegian bear researcher, Martin Smith, will visit the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC). He will meet the staff and gain first hand knowledge of facilities and working procedures. The ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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USA - Ellam-iinga: Resilience Pathways of Indigenous Circumpolar Communities and their Youths

Contemporary circumpolar indigenous youth typically grow up in remote, culturally distinct settings. These young people experience backgrounds of a rich cultural history confronted by rapid social transition. What are the resilience pathways for healthy d evelopment in the face of this? What are ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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JAPAN - Norwegian-Japanese cooperation for the establishment of common methods and databases to ensure safe and authentic seafood

To validate traceability information, protect international trade and enforce the current legislative in Norway, Europe and Japan regarding the safety and labelling of food and seafood, it is essential to develop and implement, at an international/global level, analytical methods and common datab...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Japan - bilateral collaboration on materials characterization of wooden cladding for sustainable building envelopes

Wood is an important building material in Japan and Norway. The durability and service life of a wooden cladding building envelope is an important element in sustainable building design. Suitable experimental and modelling methods for quantitative service life prediction in this area are lacking...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Japan- Electrolysis for sustainable development - New technologies for molten salts and for restoration of Lake Biwa

1. 3rd KIFEE Symposium. Help in preparing the program for "Electrolysis Systems" and participate in the 3rd KIFEE Symposium to be held in Japan in 2007. 2. Lake Biwa. An ambitious research program has been proposed to clean up Lake Biwa by adding oxygen by in-situ electrolysis. Electricity will ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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USA: bilateralt samarbeid for å utvikle fagområdet Tissue engineering

Bakgrunn for fagfeltet: Fagområdet Tissue engineering (på norsk kanskje best oversatt med vevsregenerativ behandling) beskriver det forskningsarbeidet som tar sikte på å (gjen)oppbygge vev. Dette kan dreie seg om vev som ikke har eksistert, eller vev som har vært normalt men som har blitt skade...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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USA - Optimizing techniques for the treatment and observation of selected HAB (harmful algal bloom) species using electron microscopy (EM)

Electron microscopy is used for the identification and description of micro organisms. Some organisms are easily prepared with state of the art techniques while others cannot be preserved with prevailing techniques. This is particularly the case for some HAB species. We want to optimize technique...

Awarded: NOK 73,000

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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USA - Quality Development in Higher Education by Formative Evaluation in a Network system

The project shall contribute to quality development in higher education by: evaluation of development; evaluation for development; and evaluation as development. The aspect is thereby to understand and to improve the learning environment, the concept of n etworking with enhanced formative evaluat...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Russia - Development of biosensors for detection of ischemia, graft rejection and inflammatary response

The first step in establishing a cooperation between the Russian and Norwegian anaesthesiology departments presented above, will be to send a promising Russian PhD candidate to Norway to evaluate whether one of the three projects outlined below are suitab le for a PhD thesis beneficial for both I...

Awarded: NOK 34,211

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

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Russia - Project preparation for "Creating the New North": Manifestations of central power in the North AD 1000 - 1600"

Søknaden tar sikte på å fremskaffe nødvendige midler for å forberede og etablere et forskningssamarbeid mellom det flerfaglige prosjektet "Creating the New North" ved Universitetet i Tromsø og russiske forskningsmiljø innenfor arkeologi, historie og kunst historie. Målet er å utvikle et felles fo...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Russia - the Cooperation in Space Information Management (SIM) for the Needs of the High North

Cooperative institutions seek to establish together a cooperative research program related to the field of Space Information Management. The attention to the High North challenges provided opportunity to extend 15 years of successful cooperation to this n ew research field which will combine stre...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

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Can - US-Kina R2M-CUCN: Multi-Lateral Cooperation in the Field of Refining and Recycling of Metals involving Canada, USA, China and Norway

Recycling Melts, such as steel, aluminium, magnesium and silicon represents an important opportunity for sustainable and environmentally friendly production of metals. It is urgent to develop efficient refining methods to purify these metals by removing i mpurity elements and inclusions. Canada, ...

Awarded: NOK 53,333

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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CHINA, bilateral cooperation in mycotoxin research to improve safe food production

China has become a strategically important partner of Norway. This has also been recognized by Bioforsk, which has attempted to establish a co-operation platform with Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science (JAAS). An agreement of collaboration was last yea r signed between Bioforsk and JAAS, and t...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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Canada - bilateral collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices

The Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, and the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada will initiate research collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices. Infant feeding has become a key public health i ssue, nationally as well as international...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

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Canada - forskningssamarbeid vinterturisme

Hvordan fremme en tettere kobling mellom FoU-miljøer og turistnæringen for å bidra til innovasjon og produktutvikling innen vinterturisme? Dette vil være et sentralt aspekt ved samarbeidet mellom Norut Samfunnsforskning og Simon Fraser University. Turisme senteret ved Simon Fraser University har ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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China - Bilateral Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management towards Environmental and Ecological Effects

The joint Norwegian institutions led by the University of Life Science and the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of China are willing to establish research networks, and make cooperative efforts on the subjects with mutual interest and subjective compet ence, and establish new project proposals...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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China - Bilateral collaboration in the field of comparative genomics of stress tolerance in grasses

Rice and wheat are the two main crops in China, and China has an extensive genome research activity of high international standard in these species exemplified by one of the Chinese institutions involved in this project, namely the Chinese Academy of Agri cultural Sciences (CAAS) (www.caas.net.c...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

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China - Initiation of a cooperation project on capacity building for mitigating persistent organic pollutants in China

In order to strenghten it's research cooperation with China, NIVA has signed a cooperation agreement with Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, takes active part in the establishment of the Sino-Norwegian Interdisciplin ary Centre for Environmental Research (NI...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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China - Numerical methods and software for modeling seepage in porous media

In recent years, the fractional calculus has been recognized as a powerful modeling methodology for porous media. The main obstacle for applying fractional calculus to modeling seepage in porous media is the costly computing effort. The fractional derivat ive equations are known to be computation...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

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China, bilateral cooperation on fish vaccine development

China produces 550 tons of marine fish per year. The production is estimated to grow several times within a timeframe of 5 - 10 years. Bacterial diseases cause losses in fish farming. A long list of bacteria has been isolated, including vibriosis. The pro ject aim is to develop, document and lice...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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China-Norway: Bilateral cooperation on environment friendly production of maize for food and animal feed by use of biological control

This project will establish an important research collaboration platform between the Norwegian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research (NIAER), Norway, and the Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) , China, in the area of biological contro...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

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Kina - Corporate social responsibility in the Chinese and Norwegian clothing sector

In the project Corporate social responsibility in the Chinese and Norwegian clothing sector we want to investigate how corporate social responsibiltiy is defined in China and Norway and to study how international ideas of corporate social responsibility a re disseminated to the clothing industry ...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Rogaland